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What common thing should not only be banned, but criminalized with mandatory minimum sentences? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 55 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Attempting to mislead a person for financial gain.

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  • [โ€“] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So basically all ads... I agree

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Haha. Yep. I was going for subtle. :) I think ads that didn't mislead wouldn't be so bad. I do want to know about interesting new products... I just want to be able to trust the info. And choose when I see them.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    That's already illegal? It used to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obtaining_pecuniary_advantage_by_deception and is now just fraud.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    I believe, though I could be wrong, that for a person to be penalized for fraud, someone has to have suffer damages.

    I think it should be illegal to simply mislead for financial gain. Think ads that intentionally exaggerate thier products, influencers who will claim to love some product and use it all the time, when they have never even tried it. And media that puts such a heavy spin on things that in court they claim that no reasonable person would have believed what they are saying as a defense.

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